The World’s Biggest Knit/Crochet Stocking

The World’s Biggest Knit/Crochet Stocking

It’s official! Caron yarn has set the Guinness World Record for The Biggest Knit/Crochet Stocking! Weighing in at over 1600 pounds, the stocking is made up of approximately 1260 blankets hand knit and crocheted by 830 people. Thank you to everyone that donated a blanket in support of Children of Fallen Patriots Foundation!

Watch the action behind the scenes as they set the world record:

830 women and men helped knit and crochet the World’s Biggest Knit/Crochet Stocking!

It took 960 hours to join the blankets together to make the stocking. Or 40 days!

Blankets were donated from all 50 States!

Blankets were donated from 4 of the Canadian Provinces!

1 blanket came from as far as Ireland!

It took 288 skeins of black yarn to join the stocking together. That’s 32,544 grams of yarn!

The World’s Biggest Knit/Crochet Stocking is made up of approximately 1640 pounds of yarn! Here it is being unrolled for measurement by Guinness World Records!
15¢ from every ball of Caron United sold goes directly to Children of Fallen Patriots Foundation, providing college scholarships to children of military personnel who have lost their lives in the line of duty. Find Caron United at Michaels Stores.

14 Comments

Thank you all for taking your time to make each square. I know each that each and every stitch was made with love. Thank you, FALLEN SOLDIERS, for your service so that we can have our freedom. We also need to remember these families who have lost their love ones so that we can continue to have our freedom. To the children who has lost a Father or Mother, we want you to know that we as a nation do love and care about you. May God bless you all and keep his wonderful and loving hands upon you.

Thank you to the compilation team for putting all those squares together! I enjoyed making them, but don’t like the sewing together part. How fun to see (possibly?) my squares in the stocking and knowing they will be used later for a good cause plus the donation to Children of Fallen Patriots Foundation from the yarn I purchased.

I wished you had taken more pictures of the stocking at different places on the stocking. As it is we just keep seeing the same afghans over and over. I sent in four and only could see one that was maybe one of them. It’s for a good cause and I was glad to participate. I enjoy making items for worthwhile causes.

Thank you to all who either Knitted or Crocheted {{{hugz}}}. This is just awesome! Congratulations!!
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But Crocheters we were outranked by the number of Knitters. Next year let’s improve on that ;o) God willing , I will join next year!
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I am a Crocheter who desperately wanted to join, but I fell really ill 3 months ago and I am still not doing any better.
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My Heart goes to the Children and their families at this time of the year {{{hugz}}}–Sending Love and hugz your way .

I saw the stocking on ABC news yesterday. I was overjoyed at what knitters and crocheters can do. It is so beautiful, and it is for such a good cause. What will happen to it after this year’s display? I think it should tour the country, and perhaps, get more contributions. Thank you.